Squash

Squash Competes In Dartmouth Fall Classic

Nov 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT squash team traveled
to Dartmouth on Saturday for the Liberty League Fall Classic before
returning home on Sunday to host Vanderbilt. The Engineers fell to
Navy, 9-0, and Wesleyan, 8-1, before salvaging the weekend with a
win over Vanderbilt, 5-4.

In the sweep against Navy, Robert Habib, at the
No. six position, put up the best fight for Tech, taking two points
in his first set and six in the second before falling, 9-0, in the
third set. Brad Seidel, Justin Langan and Michael Beautyman each
won matches by the identical scores of 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 for the
Midshipmen.

The Engineers returned to the court later that day to take on
Wesleyan. While many of the matches were much more competitive than
those against Navy, the team result was similar. John Kucharczyk
was the lone winner for the Cardinal and Gray, coming away with a
10-9, 9-1, 9-1 decision at the fifth spot. Habib and Ned Carpenter
both took their opponents to five sets before ultimately being
retired.

MIT hoped to rebound from its 0-2 showing at the Fall Classic in
a home match versus Vanderbilt on Sunday afternoon. Andrew Yoon, Saad Zaheer,
Kucharczyk, Habib and Joey Lemberg picked up match wins to help the
Engineers improve to 5-2 on the season. Yoon and Habib were the
only competitors to pick up straight set victories on the day. Yoon
won 9-1, 9-5, 9-6, while Habib made quick work of his opponent,
9-4, 9-3, 9-0.

MIT will be back in action on Saturday, December 6 when it hosts
Tufts. The Engineers will then travel to Northeastern the following
day.